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ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Thursday, January 7, 1982
GRASSROOTS
By MARGARET ROSS Gazette Staff
[transcription only of text of interest
in the middle of the page]
BAPTISTE IMBEAU, a
French explorer, had a son,
Francis, who married the sister
of Heckaton, a Quapaw chief. I
believe their son, whose name I
do not know, married Sallie Collins.
Their son, Julian Imbeau,
was my grandfather. Julian was
married four times and had
children by all four wives. My
mother's mother was Ella Ferguson. I
understand Julian lived in or
near Little Rock all his life, and
died there June 12, 1917.
My information is limited
because my mother died in 1920,
when I was very young. I am a
novice at genealogy and would
appreciate any help you can give
me. How much would it cost to
have this work done for me —
Mildred Burgess Blair, Box 233,
Sherrill, Ark., 72152.
LIKE ALL beginners, you should
consult one of the many how-to
books for step-by-step instruction.
Plan to do most of the research
yourself, retaining professional
researchers to check only the records
not easily accessible to you. They
charge by the hour, and the total
cost is not predictable.
Jean Baptiste Imbeau and his
wife, Catherine Martin, were in
Arkansas at least as early as 1784, and
probably earlier. So you are in the
enviable position of being able to
trace your family for 200 years
without going outside Arkansas for
source materials.
You'll find the Imbeaus mostly in
the counties of Arkansas, Pulaski,
Jefferson, and perhaps Chicot. Read
the census for those counties,
beginning with 1900 and working
backwards through 1830. Also, check the
county records in those counties
(marriages, probate, deeds, etc.). All
this can be done at the Arkansas
History Commission. The genealogy
or Arkansas sections at Pine Bluff
Public Library also might help you.
Dorothy Core's 1976 book, Abstract
of Catholic Register of Arkansas
(1764-1858) fairly bristles with
records of the Imbeaus and related
families.
Several Imbeaus had the given
name Julian, but I believe your
grandfather probably was the son of
Paul Imbeau, who was born about
1814, though the 1850 census for
Fourche Township, Pulaski County,
lists this child as a girl named Julia.
You can try to confirm this
relationship by your grandfather's death
certificate.
An 1871 deed in Pulaski County
Deed Book W-2, pages 177-180,
executed by the heirs of Paul Imbeau,
should help you. It refers to Probate
Book I (the letter "I," not the
numeral "1"), page 306.

ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Thursday, January 7, 1982
GRASSROOTS
By MARGARET ROSS Gazette Staff
[transcription only of text of interest
in the middle of the page]
BAPTISTE IMBEAU, a
French explorer, had a son,
Francis, who married the sister
of Heckaton, a Quapaw chief. I
believe their son, whose name I
do not know, married Sallie Collins.
Their son, Julian Imbeau,
was my grandfather. Julian was
married four times and had
children by all four wives. My
mother's mother was Ella Ferguson. I
understand Julian lived in or
near Little Rock all his life, and
died there June 12, 1917.
My information is limited
because my mother died in 1920,
when I was very young. I am a
novice at genealogy and would
appreciate any help you can give
me. How much would it cost to
have this work done for me —
Mildred Burgess Blair, Box 233,
Sherrill, Ark., 72152.
LIKE ALL beginners, you should
consult one of the many how-to
books for step-by-step instruction.
Plan to do most of the research
yourself, retaining professional
researchers to check only the records
not easily accessible to you. They
charge by the hour, and the total
cost is not predictable.
Jean Baptiste Imbeau and his
wife, Catherine Martin, were in
Arkansas at least as early as 1784, and
probably earlier. So you are in the
enviable position of being able to
trace your family for 200 years
without going outside Arkansas for
source materials.
You'll find the Imbeaus mostly in
the counties of Arkansas, Pulaski,
Jefferson, and perhaps Chicot. Read
the census for those counties,
beginning with 1900 and working
backwards through 1830. Also, check the
county records in those counties
(marriages, probate, deeds, etc.). All
this can be done at the Arkansas
History Commission. The genealogy
or Arkansas sections at Pine Bluff
Public Library also might help you.
Dorothy Core's 1976 book, Abstract
of Catholic Register of Arkansas
(1764-1858) fairly bristles with
records of the Imbeaus and related
families.
Several Imbeaus had the given
name Julian, but I believe your
grandfather probably was the son of
Paul Imbeau, who was born about
1814, though the 1850 census for
Fourche Township, Pulaski County,
lists this child as a girl named Julia.
You can try to confirm this
relationship by your grandfather's death
certificate.
An 1871 deed in Pulaski County
Deed Book W-2, pages 177-180,
executed by the heirs of Paul Imbeau,
should help you. It refers to Probate
Book I (the letter "I," not the
numeral "1"), page 306.